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It's a shame only Ukraine is of interest to G20: Russia's Sergey Lavrov

Lavrov said US President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had publicly stated that Russia must be defeated on the battlefield

Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia
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Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday hit out at western nations, accusing them of raking up the Ukraine issue during G20 meetings and claiming that nobody "gave a damn" over the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia in previous deliberations of the grouping.

Participating in the Raisina Dialogue, a combative Lavrov wondered why everyone was asking Russia whether it was ready to negotiate to end the war when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had signed a decree making negotiations with Moscow under President Vladimir Putin a "criminal offence".

Lavrov said US President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had publicly

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